By Ralph Tate
London   Robert Hardwicke
7" by 4.5" viii, 244, 32pp
A first edition of this charming work on molluscs by Ralph Tate, complete with colour illustrations.
By Ralph Tate

1866 A Plain and Easy Account of the Land and Fresh-water Mollusks of Great Britain

London   Robert Hardwicke
7" by 4.5" viii, 244, 32pp
A first edition of this charming work on molluscs by Ralph Tate, complete with colour illustrations.
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Colour Plates, Decorative Binding, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

This work describes and illustrates the mollusks of Britain, their habits, physiology and families.

Ralph Tate (1840-1901) was a British botanist and geologist whose works included 'Flora Belfastiensis', 'Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia' and 'The Yorkshire Lias'.

A first edition of this work.

With a charming gilt snail to the front board.

Illustrated with ten colour plates. Collated, complete.

Condition

In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart, with just a little bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, generally firmly bound; both hinges are exposed but remaining firm. Pages are bright and clean.

Very Good

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